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Bridging the Divide through Advocacy
NASW Virtual Congressional Advocacy Day By Lee Westgate, MSW, MBA, LCSW-C NASW Manager of Policy and Advocacy Social work is sometimes divided into two seemingly disparate worlds: policy and practice....
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U.S. Supreme Court takes up case concerning rights of gays, lesbians to...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 4 will begin hearing arguments in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia concerning the rights of gays and lesbians to foster children. The National Association of Social Workers...
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NASW Strongly Condemns Recent Police Misconduct
By Mel Wilson, MBA, LCSW NASW Senior Policy Advisor, Social Justice and Human Rights Within the last three weeks, two incidents of apparent police misconduct have received national attention that NASW...
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NASW Combats Troubling Business Practice Harming Social Workers and their...
In July 2022, many NASW members alerted their state chapters to a disturbing and potentially deceptive marketing practice impacting social workers nationwide — involving CareDash, a healthcare review...
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NASW Member Voices: It is crucial Democratic Coalition that delivered Midterm...
Photo of demonstrators at the 2018 Women’s March from Mirah Curzer of Unsplash. By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA The political climate approaching the 2022 Midterm Elections may very well be ranked with the...
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How do you eat an elephant…? Responding to social isolation during a pandemic
October 23, 2020 About Social Work Responds The Association of Social Work Boards, the Council on Social Work Education, and the National Association of Social Workers are committed to collaborating on...
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Living up to the code’s exhortations? Social workers’ political knowledge...
The National Association of Social Workers’ Code of Ethics is the standard in defining and advancing social work values and principles. The Code is a model for social workers in the United States (as...
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Social Workers for Hillary
Logo The National Association of Social Worker’s Political Action for Candidate Election Committee has endorsed Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. NASW has released a Social Workers For...
View ArticleGlobal LGBT Equity is a Social Justice Issue
The National Association of Social Workers has a strong position against discrimination of persons based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Criminalizing relationships based on one’s...
View ArticleEqual Pay Day: April 8, 2014
April 8, 2014, symbolizes how far into 2014 women have to work to catch up with what men were paid in 2013. Still 50 years after the Equal Pay Act, women who are employed full time, are paid only 77...
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